Abstract

Eco-criticism as the scientific study of the relationship between nature and human beings plays an important role in the analysis of literary works. This theory is even more significant in Romanticism in which nature was of particular implication and Lord Byron was no exception. This research seeks to study “There Is Pleasure in the Pathless Wood” by Lord Byron from an ecocritical viewpoint in order to analyze the way nature is exemplified in this poem and how the beliefs conveyed in it are in accordance with the ecological understanding. It is found that Byron’s fascination in nature is because of its restorative power and being regarded as a source of inspiration. In other words, Romanticism which was established as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution and also Romantic poets like Byron referred to the rustic nature as a source of innocence in which God is closer to human beings.